Many get to sail after years of planing the voyage,some get to sail due to circumstances,this was the case for myself when six girls borrowed my yacht Ocean Planet for a one way trip and with sponserhip from Tal Adhesives,entered the 1985 South Atlantic Race as Tal Gal,I collected the boat in Rio de Janerio with a good friend Alan Butler,later on after Alan had flown back to Cape Town,another good friend Alex (notty) Notman flew out to help me sail the boat all the way back to Cape Town,we left from the island of Ilha Grand but cleared out in Rio,we arrived in South Africa thirty two (32) days later in Saldahna Harbour,we had seen a possible twenty nine (29) day trip but as we closed the continent of Africa a South Easter gale saw us swept past and arrive at the SBYC instead!
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